In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
IMPHEE
Etymology
Noun
imphee (countable and uncountable, plural imphees)
(botany) African sugar cane (Sorghum bicolor, syn. Holcus saccharatus).
Anagrams
• Phemie, hempie
Source: Wiktionary
Im"phee, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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